Politics
Monday December 8, 2003
Biotechnology Prof Responds to Article: "Are Adult Stem Cells a Bust?"
TODAY'S HEADLINES
E-MAIL
PRINT
Victoria, B.C., December 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Nov. 1, the National Post published an article summarizing a study in the journal Nature that found "that adult stem cells may not be the panacea that the bioconservative movement had hoped".
The article cast considerable doubt on whether adult stem cells are as superior to embryonic stem cells for developing effective treatments as many claim they are. The author strongly implies that the support for proven and ethical adult stem cell research is more of a political position that a scientific one. He states "The continuing struggle over stem cell research highlights the dangers of politicizing biomedical science".
Victoria, B.C. Biotechnology Professor Dr. Clement Persaud responded with a letter to the National Post which was unfortunately not published. In the letter Dr. Persaud stated, The report of cell fusion in this article is a concern, not a catastrophe."
Persaud concludes that "The core issue still remains and it is this, in the face of the very promising results with an ethical alternative, and the associated reduced costs, our research funds should be chasing the potential of adult stem cells for humans to self-cure. There is no need for destruction of embryos to obtain stem cells when there is a viable alternative. As someone has said, we can have the medical gain without the ethical pain."
* See the complete Persaud letter and link to the original article on the Nature study and another article on the study in today's LifeSite Special Report at:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/dec/031208a.html
Back to TopLatest Headlines
- Cardinal George Denounces "New Ways Ministry" as Pseudo-Catholic Organization
- “Bogus Compassion” is Killing Children and Corrupting Society: Belgian Philosopher
- Irony: 19-Child Duggar Family Renting Former Home of Local Planned Parenthood Leader
- Document Reveals Inconsistencies in ND's Jenkins Claims on ND88
- New Country Music Star Born as Pro-Life Ballad Climbs the Charts
- Future of Pontifical Academy for Life at Stake as Members Meet in Closed Door Session
- Rally Planned in Defence of Canadian Pro-Life Ad
- Commentary on February 8 News
- U.K.’s Conservative Leader Pledges Full Support to Gay Agenda
- B.C. Civil Liberties Association Goes to Bat for Pro-Life Student Club
- Police Refuse to Release Federal "Threat Assessment" on Wis. Pro-Lifers
- Canadian Human Rights Commission Appeals Ruling against Hate Messages Statute
- Homosexual Activist Keith Norton Dies at 69
- Malta Celebrates 32nd Pro-Life Day
- My Vote for Best Pro-life Super Bowl Ad: Google’s Parisian Love Story
- Pope: Family Necessary for Child Development
- Letters to the Editor
Most Read this Week
- Veterans, Former Army Legal Chief Defend “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
- Planned Parenthood President Lands Spot on Ford Foundation Board
- Rabbis Warn against 'Disaster' of Open Homosexuality in the Military
- Football Pros Give Support to Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad
- Clash of the Abortion Titans: Planned Parenthood Launches 'Pro-Choice' Football Ad
- Canadian Station Pulls Pro-Life Ad – Too “Graphic”
- Hijacking the Brain — How Pornography Works
- Group Exposes Media "Fraud" at March for Life
- U.S. Sisters in Crisis after Embracing “Secular Culture”: Vatican Cardinal
- NYT: Rampant Polygamy in Gay 'Marriage' May Benefit Institution
MORE NEWS: 
LifeSiteNews.com Home Page Last 10 Days Archives Special Reports
Copyright © LifeSiteNews.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. You may republish this article or portions of it without request provided the content is not altered and it is clearly attributed to "LifeSiteNews.com". Any website publishing of complete or large portions of original LifeSiteNews articles MUST additionally include a live link to www.LifeSiteNews.com. The link is not required for excerpts. Republishing of articles on LifeSiteNews.com from other sources as noted is subject to the conditions of those sources.